White Sox Still Can't Hit

I know the past few weeks Fodor and I have been posting as often as Bill Simmons (ZING!). Hahaha alright on to the article.

NEWS BREAK! The White Sox still can’t hit!

I know it’s a knee jerk reaction to the season but it’s true, our offense looks pretty anemic just like last year. Slow players trotting from base to base requiring 4 hits to score a run. Always a good way to score runs right. Oh and our leadoff hole is a black hole. 0 for the season. [thanks, DeWayne Wise! -mf]

After the first three games it looks a lot like our team from last year. I am here to tell you not to worry though.

1st off, the lead off. I know this team has been looking for a leadoff hitter since Scotty Pods’ injury plagued 2006 campaign. The problem with that is, Sox fans are still looking for some leadoff guy exactly like him. Honestly, take a look around the league. How many legit, base stealing leadoff hitters are there? I would say roughly 10. They are hard to find.

I feel whoever we do bat there, whether it's Getz, Wise, or Anderson, is not going to play like Pods. Once Sox fans start realizing how lucky we were to have Pods, they will soon stop expecting other players to play like him.

Also for those of you who want to bring up Gordon Beckham for leadoff; he’s not a traditional leadoff hitter either. Plus the Sox will not be bringing him up until mid season to have another year of arbitration with him.

The rest of the lineup is as expected, the big power softball team that it was last year. It will probably stay this way for most the season. I know that might bum some of you out, but that’s the current make up of this team. It does have a little more speed/small ball players then last year, but it is what it is.

The thing that has impressed me the most through the first three games is pitching. In three games the Sox have let up a combined 6 runs. That’s with Three Starters and the bull pen. I feel like our pitching can keep us close in games in the beginning of the year that will allow us to have some patience with the lineup to start hitting.

Needless to say, it was a bummer to lose the opening series to the Royals, but don’t worry, there are still 159 games to play.